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My five pledges: UK PM Sunak asks country to judge him on delivery

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to tackle Britain's most serious problems, from cutting inflation to reducing illegal migration, in a speech aimed at co

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Flavors of Beijing: Filipino cuisine finds a home in the Chinese capital

Over the years, the Chinese capital has been making its mark as a culinary hotspot. Beijing now boasts an array of cuisines from around the world. Filipino cuisine was

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More NGOs suspend Afghanistan operations as Taliban orders women to stop working

Christian Aid and ActionAid have become the latest foreign aid groups to suspend operations in Afghanistan after the country's Taliban rulers ordered all NGOs to stop w

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Türkiye summons French envoy over PKK protests

Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned the French ambassador on Monday and voiced "dissatisfaction" with French authorities' attitude toward protests by the Kurdistan Worker

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BOJ Kuroda shuns near-term chance of exit from easy policy

Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Monday brushed aside the chance of a near-term exit from ultra-loose monetary policy but voiced hope that intensifying l

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UK public sector pay won't keep up with inflation: transport minister

British public sector pay will not be able to keep up with soaring inflation, transport minister Mark Harper said on Sunday, as the country faces a wave of industrial d

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Italy govt approves 2023 budget with 35b euros to lift economy

Italy's new right-wing government signed off on its first budget on Tuesday, a package focusing on curbing sky-high energy bills and cutting taxes from next year for pa

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Soaring prices loom as raging Spanish truck drivers strike again

You could be forgiven for feeling a little 'deja vu' in Madrid, as truckers and other transport workers took to the streets to express their anger on Monday. The 'Spani

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Brazil's Lula defeats Bolsonaro in presidential runoff

Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday defeated incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential runoff.Lula got 50.8 percent of the votes

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Crush kills at least 149 at Halloween festivities in Seoul

A mass of mostly young people celebrating Halloween festivities in Seoul became trapped and crushed as the crowd surged into a narrow alley, killing at least 149 people

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U.S. economic growth rebounds in Q3 on trade, but demand is slowing

U.S. economic growth rebounded more than expected in the third quarter amid a continued decline in the trade deficit, but that overstates the economy's health as the Fe

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Inflation forces over half of Americans to consider second jobs: Survey

High inflation is pushing over half of working Americans to consider taking a second job to pay for their living expenses, according to a new survey from Qualtrics, a U

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Brazil's da Silva, Bolsonaro clash in 1st one-on-one debate

Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and incumbent Jair Bolsonaro clashed in their first one-on-one debate Sunday, two weeks before the presidential elec

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PLA Navy hospital ship completes first medical mission in South China Sea

A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy hospital ship recently completed its first medical mission after its medical crew treated thousands of officers and soldie

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Brazil's presidential election heads to runoff between Lula, Bolsonaro

Brazil's presidential election is headed to a runoff between incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and his predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on October 30, as no candidate appe

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Biden says Hurricane Ian may rank 'among the worst' in US history

With Hurricane Ian lashing the southeast U.S. after leaving a path of destruction in Florida, President Joe Biden provided a detailed update Friday on his administratio

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Graham's proposed near-total national abortion ban quickly meets GOP resistance

Less than two months before the midterm elections, Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday introduced a bill that would impose a nationwide ban on most abortions after 15 weeks